【狒狒出品】SAT官方指南OG 第四套题解析（整理版）.docx

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Thepowerofsuccesscanbedisastrouswhenplacedinthewronghands.Naturally,therearethosewhowillalwayschoosetomanipulateconditionstosucceedintheirownendeavors,nottakingintoconsiderationthelivesofthosearoundthem.Ontheotherhand,theremaybethosewhodonotnecessarilypursueselfishends,butsimplydonotknowwheretotakesuccessonceithasbeenachieved,thusresultingintheirownself-sabotage.
Throughouthistory,wehaveseensuccessusedwrongfullyinthehandsoftheunworthy.Powerfulleadersofnations,kingdoms,andempires,havingsucceededingainingleadership,havethenusedtheirinfluencewrongfullyinachievingtheirownselfish(andsometimestwisted)goals.Nero,theRomanemperorwhobeathispregnantwifetodeathandhasbeensuspectedofinstigatingthegreatfireofRomeinanattempttoboosthisownpoliticalinfluence.HenryVIIIofEngland,forwhomwomenwerebeheadedfornotbearinghimason,andwhoisrumoredtohaveeateneightchickensanightwhileEnglishpeasantsstarved.ThenotoriousFerdinandandIsabellaofSpain,whocarriedouttheSpanishInquisition.Thelistisendless.Eveninliterature,weseethecorruptionanddownfallofsocietyandmankindasawholeasaresultoftheabuseofsuccessinthepossessionofthosewhodonotdeserveit,asseeninWilliamShakespeare’stragedyofKingLear.Inthestory,societalorderisreplacedwithchaoswhenthereisapowershiftfromLeartohisevildaughters,ReganandGoneril.Thisorderonlyreturnstoaslightdegreewhenvirtue(intheformofLear’sgooddaughter,Cordelia)returnstoEngland.Successishazardouswhenawardedtotheunvirtuous.
However,theremaybethosewhoarenotnecessarilyevilofgreedyintheirpursuits,butmerelydonotknowhowtohandlesuccess.Thisprovestobejustmoredisastroustotheindividualthantoanyoneelse,sinceitistheindividualwhowillthensabotagehisownsuccesstoreturntohisformercomfortzone.Successismeanttobegrownupon,notexploitedorfeared.
Success,whenachievedbytheunworthyorinexperienced,isamostdisastrouselement.Successisnotaboutbeinghappyattheexpenseofthoseaboutyou–itisaboutusingone’snewlygainedhappinesstoimprovethelivesofothers.IfonereflectsonthewisewordsofRalphW